Independenceday Stories

Warning: This is not your average cricket romance. There's a bat, a ball and a boy who thinks he's cool. Until he meets a girl who literally breaks his ego and nearly his spine. "Thoda dard toh hoga hi, India ke liye khelte ho ya cushion ke liye?" she snapped, yanking his shoulder back into place while he almost screamed like a toddler denied his chocolate. "Tumhe training mili hai ya yeh sab dard free mein dete ho?" he asked, trying to be funny while holding back tears. She didn't even blink.

"සමහර රහස් මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියේ අඳුරටම අයිති විය යුතුයි." 🌑🥀 ​වීන්ඩි (දේවින්ද්‍යා වික්‍රමසිංහ) කියන්නේ ප්‍රකෝටිපති ව්‍යාපාරික මාධව් චක්‍රවර්තීගේ අනාගත බිරිඳ. ඒත් මාධව්ට මේ විවාහය තවත් එක් ව්‍යාපාරික ගනුදෙනුවක් පමණයි. ඔහුගේ සීතල පෞරුෂය ඉදිරියේ වින්ඩිගේ හදවත තනිකමෙන් මියැදෙමින් තිබුණා. 🥀 ​නමුත් එකම එක වැරදි මත් වීමක්, එකම එක රහසිගත හාදුවක් ඇගේ මුළු ජීවිතයම උඩුයටිකුරු කරනවා. ඒ හාදුවේ අයිතිකරුවා මාධව්ගේ සෙවණැල්ල මෙන් සිටින, ගිනියම් දෑසක් ඇති දඩයක්කාරයා... ලියෝන්. ⛓️🔥 ​දැන් ඇය ජීවත් වෙන්නේ රහසක් හිතේ හංගගෙන. මාධව්ගේ දඟකාර සහෝදරිය මේ රහස හෙළිකරොත්? මාධව් මේ ද්‍රෝහීකම දැනගත්තොත්? ​මේ සියල්ල අස්සේ, සෑම රැයකම මධ්‍යම රාත්‍රියෙන් පසු වින්ඩිගේ තනිකම මකා දමන්නට එන අද්භූත පුද්ගලයා, The Midnight Sir. ⏳🖋️ ​ඇයව දඩයම් කරන්නේ කවුද? ඇයව ආරක්ෂා කරන්නේ කවුද? සහ ඇත්තටම Midnight Sir කියන්

He loved once, was betrayed, and now I am the wife he never wanted. I live in the shadow of a love that ended in divorce, blamed for sins that were never mine. Will he ever see me as his wife... his other half? The words I hear crush me, each one heavier than the last. "You are nothing more than a middle-class bodyguard. Just a bodyguard. Wait-don't tell me he kept you... did you sleep with him for his money too?" My silence burns, but my heart keeps whispering-will he ever move beyond this curtain of lies, will he ever see the truth? For his love I have endured, waited, and prayed all my life. And yet, all I hear is another dagger. "I am sure you wouldn't have cared if it was any other man that night... instead of me." I had only read of love in books, but after marrying him, every heartbeat betrayed me-faster, louder, whenever I looked at him. Now I wonder... will I ever truly know what love is?

Shalom Evren never expected luxury, power, or the Silverwood name. She came from a humble family whose greatest legacy was a rundown diner and a strange blessing whispered through generations - the Evren women carried life easily, abundantly. Twins, triplets, quintuplets... but never had she imagined that fate would choose her for three. When the doctor quietly announced three developing embryos, Shalom's world tilted. Three heartbeats. Three futures. And not a single ally in the empire she had married into. Her marriage to Zander Silverwood, the cold and untouchable CEO of Silverwood Global Holdings, had never been about love. It began with a mistake - a wrong hotel room, a scandal waiting to explode, and a marriage arranged to protect his reputation. For three years she lived in his shadow, tolerated but never cherished. Then came the blow she never saw coming. Zander overseas. Leo at her door. A forged divorce contract. A settlement of five billion dollars. And the message: Sign and never return. Shalom didn't hesitate. She signed, packed only what belonged to her, left every trace of Silverwood wealth behind, and walked out with her head high - no longer Mrs. Silverwood, but Shalom Evren, carrying three lives and a determination stronger than fear. But the truth was never meant to stay buried. Six months later, Zander returned to find his wife gone, his marriage dissolved, and his empire whispering about the billionaire who had finally lost control. He never ordered the divorce. He never approved the settlement. And he never knew she was pregnant. Now the most powerful man in New York is tearing the city apart to find the woman who vanished with his name... and the children he never knew existed. What begins as a hunt becomes a reckoning - with betrayal, with obsession, and with the love he never allowed himself to feel.

She woke up in a new world as a hated princess after once being admired, and now she was stuck with several powerful men who did not even like her. Instead of dealing with all that trouble, she left everything behind, broke the engagements, and moved to a quiet, empty planet. There, she lived a peaceful life, growing plants, studying medicine, and raising a strange creature, until more and more people started showing up. Soon, those who once ignored her began chasing after her, but she refused them all and chose to live freely on her own.

They weren't supposed to meet. Not then. Not like that. "Jeremiah Emmanuel Ong" is the face everyone recognizes-but no one truly knows. A famous vlogger from Palawan, a social media heartthrob, living behind carefully edited moments and smiling screens. His life looks perfect... but even perfection has shadows when the cameras turn off. "Marianna Feliz Villareal" is the kind people notice only once-then can't quite forget. Strong, independent, built from everything she had. Simple on the outside, unreadable beneath. No silver spoon, no spotlight. Just quiet strength and a past she never talks about. Their worlds collide in an unexpected place, under circumstances neither of them can explain. One glance-and something shifts. Something unspoken. Something dangerous. What starts as tension becomes a game of words. What starts as irritation becomes constant encounters they can't seem to escape. Every meeting feels accidental... but nothing about it feels random. Because the more they push each other away, the more the world pulls them back together. And somewhere between arguments, silence, and stolen glances-truth begins to surface. Not everything about their meeting was chance. And not every connection is meant to be understood... at first.

She built her life exactly the way she wanted it - on her own terms, in her own time, without waiting on anyone. Brooklyn doesn't do desperate. She doesn't do chasing. And she certainly doesn't do falling for the man who stole her favorite seat at her best friend's café. But Brian Lim isn't like the others. He doesn't try to impress her. He doesn't fold under her sharp edges or disappear when things get real. He just smiles, shows up, and quietly refuses to go anywhere. Which is a problem. Because Brooklyn's walls were built for exactly this - for someone who feels too good, too easy, too real. She knows how this story usually goes. This time though? It might be different. Pretty Girls Don't Beg - 2 new chapters every week. (Friday)

A misunderstanding tore them apart... A contract binds them again. Alia built her life from nothing - strong, independent, and untouchable. To her, love was nothing but a weakness... until he came back. Saad. The man she once loved... and now, the man she hates the most. A contract. A forced marriage. And a love buried under layers of hatred. "You think I hate you?" "I know you do." "You're wrong..." But while their story burns in silence, another begins in chaos- where a carefree heart meets a girl who refuses to be broken. Zeeshan and Huma. A story far from perfect... yet impossible to ignore. When the truth finally unfolds... will it break the contract- or their hearts?

[BL | Tagalog-English | Ongoing] When Alistair Montenegro grew up with high cold walls around him, living in the darkness making arrogance and power as his shield, believing that's how life is until then a bouncing ray of sunshine named Beau Soler showed up and lighten his dark world. Will he be willing to step out of the darkness to experience the warmth of the sunshine or draw his blinds?

Two strangers forced into marriage for family reasons... but both are carrying emotional baggage they don't talk about. They don't fall in love quickly. They resist. They misunderstand. They hurt each other without meaning to. And slowly... very slowly... they start noticing the small things.

A collection of poems written for Versification 2026

. . . 𝑨𝒃𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒗 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒂- 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭- 𝐚 𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦. 𝐀 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞. 𝐀 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐰, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦, 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝑨𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒂 𝑺𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒉- 𝐀 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬. 𝐒𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬. ──────────────────────────────── 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 : 𝐇𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐇𝐞 𝐈𝐬 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 × 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥 × 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 . . . 𝐂𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ©

An illustrious career as a singer and artist. A life wrapped in luxury. Prestige. Influence. A devoted boyfriend and a powerful family backing her every step. Milia Madrigal has everything-carefully curated, flawlessly controlled, and perfectly hers. Until an unwanted engagement shatters the illusion. Arlen Adelaide enters her life not as a guest, but as her fiancé-uninvited, unwelcomed, and impossible to ignore. His presence threatens not only her public image, but the fragile foundations of the life she fought to build. In a world ruled by reputation and expectation, how will Milia protect what's hers...

When Park Daniel travels to Kerala with his best friend Vincent to attend a lavish wedding, he expects nothing more than days filled with celebration, family chaos, and brief escape from his work-driven life-but everything changes the moment he meets Anvika Menon. She is magnetic in a way that cannot be ignored: bold, warm, effortlessly commanding every space she enters, yet bound by fierce loyalty to her family. Set within the sprawling villa of the bride's ancestral home, their story unfolds quietly between wedding rituals, laughter, music, and stolen moments by the pool, where first glances turn into something dangerously real. Drawn together by shared interests and an unspoken understanding, Daniel and Anvika find comfort in each other's presence, even as they try to deny the growing spark between them-one that feels forbidden because of the bond they share with Vincent, who is like a brother to Anvika. As attraction deepens into something far more emotional, Anvika battles her own principles, torn between desire and responsibility, while Daniel struggles with the fear of betraying friendship for love. Moments of closeness blur boundaries, avoidance turns into pain, and misunderstandings threaten to pull them apart just as their feelings become impossible to ignore. Against the backdrop of a wedding that celebrates union and commitment, their journey becomes one of self-honesty, courage, and choice-forcing them to confront what it truly means to love, to stay loyal, and to choose oneself without losing the people who matter most.

she was his bestfriend's sister.He was her brother's bestfriend she fell in love with him when she didn't even knew the meaning of love her love for him was soft,innocent and unconditional. she was 14,he was 18. he broke her heart by rejecting her love saying her love was temporary and it would fade by time. Time passed they both stopped seeing each other he left the country and everything changed maybe it was the end for something unexpectedly new to begin. 10 years passed and their paths cross again unexpectedly they stood facing each other. " I loved him in silence ,and he didnt believe In love .But my heart knew what it wanted,even when my mind didn't" ~•Mahnoor~• " I didn't believe in love until I met her.And now ,I'm willing to do anything to make her mine." ~•Armaan~• ~ "Sometimes,the heart remembers what the mind forgets,and that's where true love resides"~ " What happens when they face each other after years and all the love,tension and longing returns will they unite?" °••○•°•●°•___________°•○°•●°• ☆ 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐬 ☆ ▪︎ 𝐆𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩𝐲 × 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 ▪︎ 𝐂𝐄𝐎 × 𝐂𝐄𝐎 ▪︎ 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦 × 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 ▪︎ 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭,𝐇𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 ▪︎ 𝐒𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 ▪︎ 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐩 ▪︎ 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭 ▪︎ 𝐓𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 ▪︎ 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝 ▪︎ 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝 ▪︎ 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐢𝐞 𝐓𝐲

they fell in love at first sight, loved but never confessed. When everythings comes to an end, Destiny gave them a second chance. A second chance to rewrite the story, So they decided to team up and change everything. And they both were going to cherish it, the moment the chance. The story has just begun. •read it if you like it. • don't forget to vote. •The story contains abusive words if you don't like it, don't read it Bye bye...

Title: Beyond the Veil of Deceit Tagline: One fall. One rescue. A thousand consequences. When a catastrophic accident at a high-profile fashion show in Lucknow leaves Khushi Kumari Gupta's reputation in tatters, the one who saves her is ASR's brother, Akash. But the ripples of that moment reach the very heart of the Raizada empire. Driven by guilt and a grandmother's unwavering sense of honor, Arnav is forced into a marriage with a woman he deems beneath him. To him, Khushi is a small-town girl who doesn't belong in his world of cold steel and high finance. To Khushi, Arnav is a man with a heart of stone, whose indifference is only outmatched by the predatory shadows of his "perfect" brother-in-law, Shyam. But the Raizada household has a secret weapon. Seeing Khushi's silent suffering and the suspicious gaze of her own husband, Anjali awakens. As she takes charge of Khushi's transformation from a broken bride to an independent woman, the stage is set for a reckoning. In a house built on secrets and a marriage fueled by a slow-burning fire, will Arnav realize the worth of the woman he wed? Or will the shadows of the past destroy the Raizadas once and for all?

They started as nothing. Two kids in a quiet neighborhood where dreams felt too big and life moved too fast. Julian Carter was destined for greatness-the kind of boy people believed in before he even proved himself. Football was his way out. His promise. His everything. Diana Ly was different. Quiet. Brilliant. Untouchable in a way no one could quite understand. While he fought his way forward, she built hers in silence-law books, late nights, and a future that didn't include distractions. But somehow... they became each other's almost. Late nights in the library. Feet brushing under the table. Words never said. And a jar of origami stars-each one holding a wish they were too afraid to speak out loud. Until the night everything changed. Julian gets the call. The NFL. His dream. His way out. His family is crying. Screaming. Holding him like they'll never let go. And Diana... walks away. She doesn't look back. By the time he realizes, she's already gone. And no matter how fast he runs- he's too late. Now he has everything he ever wanted. Fame. Money. Power. But the one person who mattered most? She became the one thing he couldn't have. Years later, they meet again- not as the kids they once were, but as two people shaped by choices, distance, and everything they never said. Because some love stories don't end. They break. And sometimes... they come back when it hurts the most.

Wo jaisa bhi hai Bas mera hi hai Manzil mile na mile muje Mera ishq hi bangaya mera naya manzil Rab ki di hui dua hai wo Tuje dekhkhar hogaya hai ye Ishq Qubool-e-Ishq hoga bhi bas tumse hi hai. Note: The story dialogue and details might change in future but the plot and characters will remain same.

The story "Not My Fault" revolves around a 17-year-old girl named Shivali, as she navigates the failures in her life while dealing with the emotional turbulence that comes with puberty. Already weighed down by sadness after not getting into her dream college, she struggles to cope,but life doesn't pause for her pain. She is expected to attend her cousin's wedding, and with the hope of moving on and embracing a new vibe, she decides to go.